Garter



Mar. 3, 1925.

N. w. PARKE GARTER Filed Dec. 15, 22

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TLW PaPk Patented Mar. 3, 1925.

UNITED STATES NEWTON W. PARKE, OF BROOK, INDIANA.

GARTER.

Application filed December 15, 1922. Serial No. 607,148.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NEWTON W. PARKE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brook, in the county of Newton and State of Indiana, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Garters, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in garters.

The primary object of this invention is the provision of a relativelysimple garter embodying certain features set forth in my co-pendingapplication Serial Number 532,312, filed January 27, 1922, and includingnovel features rendering the same of practical merit.

A- further object of this invention is the provision of a garterconstructed in such manner as to assume the most comfortable positionupon the leg of a user, in that the same may readily flex and assume aproper position, preventing unnatural binding or tension, so that hosemay be supported in the most effective manner.

A further object of this invention is the provision'of a garter of theabove mentioned character, which includes a leg encircling band, and ahose supporting member of novel construction and cooperation withrespect to said band.

' Other objects and advantages of this invention will be apparent duringthe course of the following detailed description.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, andwherein similar reference characters designate corresponding partsthroughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the preferred form ofimproved garter,showing the cooperating details thereof.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary cross sectional view takensubstantially on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary View showing the relative sizes of certain partsof the leg encircling band and hose supporting parts of this invention.

Fig. 4 is an inside elevation of the leg encircling band and hosesupporting parts of the improved garter, showing their connection.

In the drawings, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown apreferred form of the invention, the letter A designates the improvedgarter, as a whole; C a leg enhose supporting lie the band 20; thusproviding the bodyportion 24, which is annular in arrangement, and uponthe inside surfaces of which the end portions 21 and 22 overlie. Buckles25, of metal formation are preferably provided for connection of the endportions 21 and 22 to the adjacent. body portion 24, whereby said endportions 21 and 22 are securely and adjustably affixed to the bodyportion 24 to provide a permanently closed band 20, which is adapted forslipping over the foot and upon the leg of the user to effect thesupport of the hose. In connection with the affixing of the extremeportions of the ends 21 and 22, it is to be .noted. that the same areafiixed to the central barportion 27 of the buckles 25, as to inwardlyoverlie said central bar portions 27, so that the frame of said bucklesare exteriorly of the enclosed retaining band 20. and no part of thebuckles are exposed inwardly of said loop, as is well illustrated inFigure 1 of the drawings.

The construction of the band C is such as to make the-same elastic; theelastic lengths being preferably cxteriorly covered by fabric, threads,or the like, of flexible character, and in annular manner about saidretaining band C preferably to provide the ribs 30, which extendlaterally both interiorly and exteriorly of the retaining band C, as isillustrated in the drawings. This construction permits of the elasticexpansion and contraction of the permanently closed retaining band C.However, the band may be adjusted independent of its elastic feature, bymeans of adjustment of the buckles 25, in conformance with this fea tureas described in my co-pending application above referred to.

Referring to the hose supporting deviceis D. a pair of the same arepreferably pro vided upon each leg encircling band C. The

device D preferably includes a strip 35 of elastic material, preferablyof the same material as the elastic leg encircling band C, andpreferably providing ribs 37 which extend laterally This band is bentupon itself, at its upper end, to provide a loop 38, the opening 39 ofwhich receives the band C in slidable adjustable manner. The terminal ofthe strip 35, in providing this loop 38, is adjustably and detachablyengaged by a rectangular shaped buckle 40, providing means whereby theopening 39 of the loop 38 may be extended or contracted, as desired..The lower end of the strip 35 is likewise bent upon itself, to providea loop opening 41 which receives the O-shaped metal loop 42thcrethrough; the same being a portion of the stocking or hose engagingclasp 43. This lower portion of the strip 35, which is looped to providethe opening 41, is retained upon the body portion 44 of the strip 35, inadjustable manner, as by means of a buckle 46, altogether similar to theconstruction of buckles 25' and above referred to.

The clasp 43 preferably includes a flexible non-elastic protecting strip50, having a stud 51 upon the lower end thereof. The receiving member 52may be provided, de pending from the loop 42, and extending along theexterior surface of the strip for cooperation with the stud 51, inreceiving a portion of the hose or stocking, in the well known manner.

In this arrangement of the strip 35,"it is to be noted that the ribs 37of the strip 35 are in intersecting relation with the circumferentialrun-of the ribs 30 of the leg encircling band C, preferably beingdisposed at exactly right angles thereto. The frictional engagement ofthese intersecting ribs 30 and 37 will prevent too free annularadjustment of the device D upon the leg encircling band C. A furtherimportant feature is the fact that'the loo ed opening 39 which receivesthe width 0 the encircling band C may be contracted, so that the band Cis slightly compressed at its edges, substantiallyas is shown in Figure4 of the drawings, to furnish an additional safeguard, preventinglateral shift of the hose supporting device D about the leg encirclingband C, after once having been properly positioned.- The arrangement ofthe various details of the hose supporting device D, prevents anycontact of the metal with the leg of the user, as is obvious fromthe-cross sectional view of Figure 2. The preferred relation of the loopopening 39 with respect to the width of the encircling'band C is wellillustrated in on both sides thereof, and longitudinally thereof.

Figure 3 of the drawings, which shows the band prior to its threadingthrough the loop garter readily conforms to muscular movement of theusers leg, and the contour thereof, without binding. Thls is incontradlstinction to the provislon of dissimilar cooperating elastic andinelastic portions provided upon ordinary forms of garters. In thisconnection it should also be noted that the leg encircling band C is apermanently closed band for slipping over the foot and upon the le ofthe user. The hose supporting devices 15 are, of course, adj ustablecircun'iferentially about the annular leg encircling band C, so that theuser may place them at the desired position for hose supportingpurposes. The fact that binding of the garter parts upon the leg of theuser is limited, is important, not only from a standpoint of durabilityof the garter itself, but does not obstruct blood circulation in the legor limb of the user, as is invariably found in ordinary forms ofgarters. The strip 35 of the hose supporting device D may be readilydetached and renewed,,without destruction of the metal'and claspportions thereof.

Various changes in the shape, size, and arrangement of parts may be madeto the form of garter herein shown and described, without departing fromthe spirit of this invention or the scope of the claim.

I claim:

A garter comprising an elastic leg encircling band and hose supportingdevices ad j'ustable on said band each including an elastic strip offlexible material, buckle means providing a loop at the upper end ofsaid strip the opening of which maybe adjusted in dimension to receivesaid elastic leg encircling band therethrough with the loop of lesswidth than the width of the band. whereby the band and strip are infrictional relation, a hose clasp, and separate buckle means providingan adjustable hose clasp receiving loop at the lower end of said elasticstrip.

NEWTON W. PARKE.

